Caramel cake

Caramel cake

Tags

Sweet
Cake

Cook

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs
  • ⅔ cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened and cubed
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ⅓ cup vanilla pudding mix
  • 12 tbsp butter, softened and cubed
  • 2 cups dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups icing sugar
  • ½ tsp salt

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla.
  3. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Beat the butter into the flour mixture, one cube at a time until it resembles coarse crumbs.
  5. Add ½ of the egg-milk mixture and oil and beat the batter is light and fluffy.
  6. Add remaining egg-milk mixture and vanilla pudding and mix just until combined.
  7. Spread into greased pans and smooth tops with spatula.
  8. Bake for 16-22 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
  9. Heat 8 tablespoons butter and brown sugar over medium heat until small bubbles appear around the edges of pan, about 4 - 8 minutes.
  10. Whisk in cream and cook until bubbles reappears, about 1 more minute. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla.
  11. Transfer hot frosting mixture to mixing bowl and with electric mixer on low speed, gradually mix in powdered sugar until incorporated.
  12. Increase speed to medium and beat until frosting is pale brown and just warm, about 5 minutes.
  13. Add remaining 4 tablespoons of butter, 1 piece at a time, and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.